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world from the ongoing protests in greece and spain to the arab spring which gave rise to uprisings in tunisia libya egypt the hurricane and syria among others we've heard a lot about the changes occurring in these countries one revolution has gone almost entirely unnoticed peaceful rebellion that led to the resignation of a government and redrafting of a constitution all in the midst of one of the most devastating financial crises in modern history since two thousand and eight the sub arctic nation of iceland has been rising above the ashes of total financial collapse but the peaceful revolution that has led to an innovative new government so to discuss the steps iceland has taken to quietly reshape its financial infrastructure and system of governance through nonviolent dissent earlier i spoke to stayner borsch an editor and economist of news of iceland i first asked him the steps the citizens of iceland took in the wake of the financial meltdown. three months of protesting the government went to resign and the new government was formed and parliamentary elections were hoped with a center le
world from the ongoing protests in greece and spain to the arab spring which gave rise to uprisings in tunisia libya egypt the hurricane and syria among others we've heard a lot about the changes occurring in these countries one revolution has gone almost entirely unnoticed peaceful rebellion that led to the resignation of a government and redrafting of a constitution all in the midst of one of the most devastating financial crises in modern history since two thousand and eight the sub arctic...
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he wrote a poem inspired by the tunisian uprising that read in part, "we are all tunisia, in the face of the repressive elite." mohammad al-ajami has been held largely in solitary confinement since his arrest more than a year ago. defense attorneys said they plan another appeal to the jara's supreme court to seek his immediate release. you can go to democracynow.org for our interview from doha with his attorney and a member of the country's national human- rights committee. leaders in africa's great lakes region have signed onto a framework agreement aimed at ending two decades of violence in the eastern democratic republic of congo. the deal calls for increased cooperation between regional governments and more support for the multi nation force inside eastern congo. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon praise the agreement a signing ceremony in ethiopia. >> this signing ceremony is a significant, but it is only the beginning of a comprehensive approach that will require sustained engagement. the framework before you outlines commitments and oversight which aimed at addressing natio
he wrote a poem inspired by the tunisian uprising that read in part, "we are all tunisia, in the face of the repressive elite." mohammad al-ajami has been held largely in solitary confinement since his arrest more than a year ago. defense attorneys said they plan another appeal to the jara's supreme court to seek his immediate release. you can go to democracynow.org for our interview from doha with his attorney and a member of the country's national human- rights committee. leaders in...
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has announced that it is deploying one hundred soldiers tunisia air to us that's what intelligence operations were also of course now hearing about a drone a base two to deploy predator drones from the area what's really behind this shift this american focus on africa. i don't think it i don't believe there was a shared. understood from my thinking that this was going to happen. we now will have a hundred soldiers in the share go up to three hundred soldiers they're saying that there we will use predator of surveillance drones but we do not rule out predator second fire lethal weapons missiles at targets in north africa i expect that this would happen obama is a drone killer a happy president well the use of drones which goes about forty five people so for trained bush and obama administrations most of them during obama with eight to four percent of those killed are actually higher value than to be targets so we will use drones throughout the area and the french. are happy to have this and as i said earlier look the british policy is really the one that governs africa they know it best they l
has announced that it is deploying one hundred soldiers tunisia air to us that's what intelligence operations were also of course now hearing about a drone a base two to deploy predator drones from the area what's really behind this shift this american focus on africa. i don't think it i don't believe there was a shared. understood from my thinking that this was going to happen. we now will have a hundred soldiers in the share go up to three hundred soldiers they're saying that there we will...
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we also discussed the responsibility to support fragile democracies across the world from libya, tunisia, and beyond. it is in our mutual interest. i want to thank the president for the important leadership. showing the support for libya. i think he and the people of the united kingdom can be proud. william and i agreed that the syrian people deserve better than the horrific violence that threatens the everyday lives of innocent people, people wanting their government to be accountable and part of their own lives. the regime has rained down rockets, and that is just the latest example of brutality. we condemn this indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians and we condemn it in the strongest terms. it is just further evidence assad has to go. i think william for the effort to help dial up the pressure on the regime, for their contributions of humanitarian aid and hosting the transition conference last month. let me make clear that we will continue to work closely with british allies to address the growing humanitarian crisis and the support of the syrian opposition council. we are coord
we also discussed the responsibility to support fragile democracies across the world from libya, tunisia, and beyond. it is in our mutual interest. i want to thank the president for the important leadership. showing the support for libya. i think he and the people of the united kingdom can be proud. william and i agreed that the syrian people deserve better than the horrific violence that threatens the everyday lives of innocent people, people wanting their government to be accountable and part...
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that must be resolved before i can support the muslim brothers we've seen the recent rise in egypt and tunisia but so far they haven't proven to be a good solution in either of those two countries despite such sentiments and fears about its true intentions the brotherhood still remains the only organized political opposition in town for now the group will have to bide its time helping perhaps that regional instability could tip the balance in their favor it's a game of political chess and chance for now the students could only wonder whether their futures will be shaped by the islamists or by their own hands you see catherine of r t amman jordan. and the worries of jordanians could be fueled by the example of egypt where the muslim brotherhood's grip on power has caused months of violence the next hour here on our report on the allegations of abuse torture used by local police on the government hands out weapons to the lowest ranking officers . this is the weekly on say internet pornography could soon be banned in iceland becoming the first west western nation to do so officials insist the aim
that must be resolved before i can support the muslim brothers we've seen the recent rise in egypt and tunisia but so far they haven't proven to be a good solution in either of those two countries despite such sentiments and fears about its true intentions the brotherhood still remains the only organized political opposition in town for now the group will have to bide its time helping perhaps that regional instability could tip the balance in their favor it's a game of political chess and...
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killed in fighting in the north i mean while the us has deployed one hundred troops in neighboring tunisia it says to assist the french led intervention with intelligence support for the french intervened in their former african a colony last month to stop an offensive by islamist rebels who are now waging a deadly guerrilla war the operation has nevertheless won france's president of peace prize from the un cultural agency unesco for his quote a valuable contribution to stability in mali social justice activist. says the award could encourage further foreign intervention on that continent. but so what is this reward actually encouraging it presumably encouraging others to follow the example of the french over invading africa territories in africa it's an invasion on behalf of nato and the u.s. and its africa troops and is aimed at the economic and political interests of. france the problem here is that this is a political crisis and it can be resolved only by political means by sending in the warriors the troops the planes and the bowie he doesn't resolve the problem and as we can see it'
killed in fighting in the north i mean while the us has deployed one hundred troops in neighboring tunisia it says to assist the french led intervention with intelligence support for the french intervened in their former african a colony last month to stop an offensive by islamist rebels who are now waging a deadly guerrilla war the operation has nevertheless won france's president of peace prize from the un cultural agency unesco for his quote a valuable contribution to stability in mali...
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has deployed one hundred troops tunisia to assist france with its intervention neighboring mali president obama says they're only there to provide intelligence support this comes after nisha as defense ministry agreed to host a u.s. drone base so far america's involvement in mali has been limited to airlift. french troops meanwhile the military intervention has earned a french president a peace prize from the u.n. cultural organizational unesco says francois alarmed should be rewarded for his valuable contribution to peace and stability in africa and social justice activist heroes man trace after giving such a prestigious award to the french leader will inspire other heads of state to follow his example. so what is this reward actually encouraging it presumably encouraging others to follow the example of the french or invading africa of occupied territories in africa it's an invasion on behalf of nato and the us and its ethical troops and is aimed at the economic and political interests of empire and particularly of france the problem here is that this is a political crisis that money can
has deployed one hundred troops tunisia to assist france with its intervention neighboring mali president obama says they're only there to provide intelligence support this comes after nisha as defense ministry agreed to host a u.s. drone base so far america's involvement in mali has been limited to airlift. french troops meanwhile the military intervention has earned a french president a peace prize from the u.n. cultural organizational unesco says francois alarmed should be rewarded for his...
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and must be resolved before i can support the muslim brothers we've seen the recent rise in egypt and tunisia but so far they haven't proven to be a good solution in either of those two countries the power grab has also turned off some longtime brotherhood supporters like this patient who is recovering in the islamic hospital. muslim brotherhood treat from its traditional role in helping communities now it's too focused on getting. despite such sentiments and fears about its true intentions the brotherhood still remains the only organized political opposition in town for now the group will have to bide its time helping perhaps that regional instability could tip the balance in their favor they think. if their evolution. we have like egypt. so that we. it's a game of political chess and chance for now the students could only wonder whether their futures will be shaped by the islamists or by their own hands you see r t amman jordan. now the remains of a mammoth have been discovered in the caucasus region of russia the rare southern mammoth thoughts of an elephant grated from africa to your asia
and must be resolved before i can support the muslim brothers we've seen the recent rise in egypt and tunisia but so far they haven't proven to be a good solution in either of those two countries the power grab has also turned off some longtime brotherhood supporters like this patient who is recovering in the islamic hospital. muslim brotherhood treat from its traditional role in helping communities now it's too focused on getting. despite such sentiments and fears about its true intentions the...
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strongly supports basic freedoms in the arab world and will continue to work on places like egypt and tunisia so that the muslim identity of its citizens can be preserved and the democratic aspirations of its people can be realized. as far as the convoy, you know, i'm not privy to intelligence about what the convoy contained. i suspect that either included missile technology or wmd, or israel would not have felt compelled to attack the convoy across the border into syria. and that kind of preemptive action when it comes to offensive weapons or wmd. in my mind it is entirely justified and the united states would be entirely right supporting it. >> thank you, david. your remarks indicate a fastening both this is. it's a great preview to reading it. i look forward to doing exactly that. there's one issue that has been in the literature heavily debated about kosovo, and i think you're in a very good position to clarify the issue. what you've already said makes a negotiated agreement very unlikely, remarks at milosevic were not promising for a negotiated agreement. other scholars have suggested th
strongly supports basic freedoms in the arab world and will continue to work on places like egypt and tunisia so that the muslim identity of its citizens can be preserved and the democratic aspirations of its people can be realized. as far as the convoy, you know, i'm not privy to intelligence about what the convoy contained. i suspect that either included missile technology or wmd, or israel would not have felt compelled to attack the convoy across the border into syria. and that kind of...
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democratic powers are helping to produce internet surveillance technologies for china syria libya egypt and tunisia will if they allow the governments of these countries to use it against their people is there any guarantee that france will not use it against its own people one day. but this tweet to dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the u.s. and france and any greenland reached will affect all subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to let personal freedom slide the birthday party of new liberty equality for eternity france's most famous motto and three peers the country has been resting on since the french revolution and today they face new challenges with racism been one of them and it has many theories whether both intolerance itself and the fight against it may see those hard fought principles swept aside. from paris i'll be back with more news after a short break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you d
democratic powers are helping to produce internet surveillance technologies for china syria libya egypt and tunisia will if they allow the governments of these countries to use it against their people is there any guarantee that france will not use it against its own people one day. but this tweet to dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the u.s. and france and any greenland reached will affect all subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to let personal freedom slide the...
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democratic powers are helping to produce internet surveillance technologies for china syria libya egypt and tunisia will if they allow the governments of these countries to use it against their people is there any guarantee that france will not use it against its own people one day. but this twitter dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the us and france and any greenland reached will affect all subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to let personal freedom slide the birthday party at liberty equality for eternity france's most famous motto and three peers the country has been resting on since the french revolution and today they face new challenges with racism been one of them and it has many fearing whether both intolerance itself and the fight against it may see those hard fought principles swept aside. from paris. victory might taste. sweet but could smell even sweeter as a palestinian company creates a perfect named after that nice rockets israel in the latest gaza conflict that's coming up. and song pieces of friday's meet your that wreaked havoc in russia more on that r
democratic powers are helping to produce internet surveillance technologies for china syria libya egypt and tunisia will if they allow the governments of these countries to use it against their people is there any guarantee that france will not use it against its own people one day. but this twitter dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the us and france and any greenland reached will affect all subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to let personal freedom slide the...
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democratic powers are helping to produce internet surveillance technologies for china syria libya egypt and tunisia will. they allow the governments of these countries to use it against their people is there any guarantee that france will not use it against its own people one day. with this tweet to dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the us and france and any greenland reached will affect subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to my personal freedom slight. liberty equality fraternity of france's most famous motto and three peers the country has been resting on since the french revolution and today they face new challenges with racism when one of them and it has many theory and whether both intolerance itself and the fight against it may see those hard fought principles swept aside. from paris. victory mind a swede could smell even sweeter a fellow sitting company create a few named after the hamas rocket fired at israel in the latest gaza conflict with some claiming it's the center of victory that's in a few minutes. but doesn't appear to be much siesta spirit in spain tho
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what you can know is the spark that would have been a man, a shopkeeper self-taught and leading into tunisia. the best thing you can do is expect it might ignite at any time and to get ahead of it. so to get our friends in the middle east to reform before the people were in the streets was always trying to get ahead of what happened ultimately and egypt a and tunisia and other places to respect talk about the collapse of the soviet union in terms of what the scholars knew. you were right there. >> i was. we used to laugh when people would say that gorbachev is bound to fall from power. thank you. but when, this was the issue because, the general sense that things are going bad is not enough. people knew that the infrastructure, the political, economic, social soviet union was weak. i went to the soviet union the first time in 1979 to study language. i was there for an extended period of time and i was a student of the soviet military. i remember thinking i had this image of the soviet military as 10 feet tall. and i remember going into a store to buy some little thing for my family, and they
what you can know is the spark that would have been a man, a shopkeeper self-taught and leading into tunisia. the best thing you can do is expect it might ignite at any time and to get ahead of it. so to get our friends in the middle east to reform before the people were in the streets was always trying to get ahead of what happened ultimately and egypt a and tunisia and other places to respect talk about the collapse of the soviet union in terms of what the scholars knew. you were right there....
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at the ultimate university in amman well foreigners are fleeing the country borders with egypt and tunisia have been closed doesn't look like war as if they're preparing for violence rather than celebrations there in libya. good evening. to what we have seen over the last two years in libya is that this integration of a new form of sun throw control paving the way for the fragmentation of the country into three states at the same time the lawlessness in the country there's an outgrowth of fundamentalism of the criminal that has spilled over and somali as we have seen over the last couple of months a little bit. more than two months and have the same time we have this but sort of . strife breaking out between the front militias and the country so really what is taking place now is what was planned for libya to begin with as we have seen and every country that was overrun by. who or sis or. forces from somalia to iraq in every single case we have witness the this monster ling of the sun thrown state upon our clothes. setting up the country for fragmentation on them but what does that mean fo
at the ultimate university in amman well foreigners are fleeing the country borders with egypt and tunisia have been closed doesn't look like war as if they're preparing for violence rather than celebrations there in libya. good evening. to what we have seen over the last two years in libya is that this integration of a new form of sun throw control paving the way for the fragmentation of the country into three states at the same time the lawlessness in the country there's an outgrowth of...
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the ground we did not need nato forces be they french or british forces to secure the borders with tunisia or egypt we didn't need that. their bombardment of the country and their support of the fundamentalist of the cellophane jihadists is what create the pretext for their continued existence in libya again the word imperialism does not necessarily mean direct control imperialism means the tendency of be a proxy governments or militias and that's what we have in libya right now. we have alleged islamic governments but governments with with plural with an ass because really what they're setting up here is several governments not just one central government really what what they're there to do is to secure the continuation of internal strife as happened in somalia iraq afghanistan the security and stability quote unquote of the croxley rulers that they have stopped list in libya dr abraham illusion political analyst professor at these at and a university in amman thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thank you you thank. or to some other international news now here in south africa at
the ground we did not need nato forces be they french or british forces to secure the borders with tunisia or egypt we didn't need that. their bombardment of the country and their support of the fundamentalist of the cellophane jihadists is what create the pretext for their continued existence in libya again the word imperialism does not necessarily mean direct control imperialism means the tendency of be a proxy governments or militias and that's what we have in libya right now. we have...
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one on one talks concerning nuclear weapons, libya, mali, tunisia and egypt are in various states of unrest which we have no strategy. we are the most unsettled period since the end of the cold war. i have serious concerns as to the quality of senator hagel's professional judgment in the acuity of his views on critical areas of national security including security in the east asia and the middle east. his record on iraq is particularly troubling. as i alluded a moment ago in 2002 he voted to authorize the use of force against iraq. by 2006, the support for the war diminished after republican losses in the 2006 midterm elections. he wrote an opinion piece for "the washington post" under the title "leaving iraq honorable "foreforeshadowing. and president bush announced the decision to surge troops in 2007, senator hagel actively campaigned against it. he voted in february of 2007, in favor of a bill expressing opposition to the surge and in favor of measures to troops from iraq and equally bad policy. he wrote in the 2008 memoir, america our next chapter in historically show that the l
one on one talks concerning nuclear weapons, libya, mali, tunisia and egypt are in various states of unrest which we have no strategy. we are the most unsettled period since the end of the cold war. i have serious concerns as to the quality of senator hagel's professional judgment in the acuity of his views on critical areas of national security including security in the east asia and the middle east. his record on iraq is particularly troubling. as i alluded a moment ago in 2002 he voted to...
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you have problems in mali, egypt libya, tunisia, all across north africa and -- >> rose: you do indeed. so therefore the idea of taking out in yemen an american citizen who had threatened america was just fine with dick cheney? >> yes. >> rose: by a drone attack. >> yes. he was clearly part of -- >> rose: should there will be checks and balances in terms of that? should there be some way -- >> take him to court? >> rose: i'm asking. >> i think when we hire the president of the united states he gets to live in the big house makes all that money, he's getting paid to make difficult, difficult decisions. >> rose: and this president has been prepared to step up and make those decisions? >> some of them he has. in other ways he is limiting the capacity of future presidents to do it. every time you take down our military capabilities, every time you start laying up carriers instead of refueling them, every time you cut the defense budget with a meat ax, which is what he's doing, every time you do that, you're going to limit the capacity of the president ten, 15 years down the road to take ac
you have problems in mali, egypt libya, tunisia, all across north africa and -- >> rose: you do indeed. so therefore the idea of taking out in yemen an american citizen who had threatened america was just fine with dick cheney? >> yes. >> rose: by a drone attack. >> yes. he was clearly part of -- >> rose: should there will be checks and balances in terms of that? should there be some way -- >> take him to court? >> rose: i'm asking. >> i think...
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spring which is previously been held by his administration a great success especially libya egypt and tunisia those countries of course now still drowning in chaos and violence two years on well. bomber has changed his tune a bit now saying well it's going to be messy those transitions also his tone on syria a bit distant considering a year ago the u.s. was insisting president off to moscow a lot of speculation about intervention was going on now the president saying they will continue to put pressure on the syrian leader another pledge from obama to continue to push for legal and durable policy on counterterrorism no mention here of guantanamo drones or wiretapping and obama mentioned internet freedoms well sort of he flaunted signing an executive order on cyber defense but the order is really seen as a response to congress's refusal to pass the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act or says last year in light of serious privacy concerns in other words a loophole is now available for sis to effectively be put into action when barack obama started the growing threats from cyber attacks
spring which is previously been held by his administration a great success especially libya egypt and tunisia those countries of course now still drowning in chaos and violence two years on well. bomber has changed his tune a bit now saying well it's going to be messy those transitions also his tone on syria a bit distant considering a year ago the u.s. was insisting president off to moscow a lot of speculation about intervention was going on now the president saying they will continue to put...
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tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the school in one of the poorest districts of the tunisian capital children come to learn about the qur'an and the way of life of true muslims religious education was banned under the old regime but it's making a comeback in a big way the rise of islam islam has led to an increase in the number of religious schools springing up across the country these schools are private operating outside of the control of state officials who have no say over what's being taught in these schools and some worry that this may lead to a rise in the number of young extremists even many religious experts agree filling your minds with religious doctrine is may not be the best way to bring up children . what that does and i read in one of the papers sent by a three year old girl to her mother with a message my beloved mom teach me about the afterlife the same way you teach about this life is this a way to teach three year old children we can see it clearly attempts
tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the school in one of the poorest districts of the tunisian capital children come to learn about the qur'an and the way of life of true muslims religious education was banned under the old regime but it's making a comeback in a big way the rise of islam islam has led to an increase in the number of religious schools springing up across the country...
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religious education is making a major comeback in tunisia two years after the regime which banned the teaching of islam was toppled the current government has no control of private muslim schools springing up across the country and the worry is they're spreading extremism what is an igloo visitors a school where the qur'an is the main subject. tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the school in one of the poorest districts of the tunisian capital children come to learn about the qur'an and the way of life of true muslims religious education was banned under the old regime but it's making a comeback in a big way the rise of islam islam has led to an increase in the number of religious schools are springing up across the country these schools are private operating outside of the control of state officials who have no say over what's being taught in these schools and some worry that this may lead to a rise in the number of young extremists even many religious experts agree filling
religious education is making a major comeback in tunisia two years after the regime which banned the teaching of islam was toppled the current government has no control of private muslim schools springing up across the country and the worry is they're spreading extremism what is an igloo visitors a school where the qur'an is the main subject. tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the...
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religious education is making a major comeback in tunisia two years after the regime which banned the teaching of islam was toppled the current government has no control of private muslim schools springing up across the country and the worry is they're spreading extremism ortiz in english to visitors a school where the qur'an is the main subject. tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the school in one of the poorest districts of the tunisian capital children come to learn about the qur'an and the way of life of true muslims religious education was banned under the old regime but it's making a comeback in a big way the rise of islam islam has led to an increase in the number of religious schools are springing up across the country these schools are private operating outside of the control of state officials who have no say over what's being taught in these schools and some worry that this may lead to a rise in the number of young extremists even many religious experts agree fill
religious education is making a major comeback in tunisia two years after the regime which banned the teaching of islam was toppled the current government has no control of private muslim schools springing up across the country and the worry is they're spreading extremism ortiz in english to visitors a school where the qur'an is the main subject. tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the...
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even the ministry of education is able to say exactly how many religious schools there are in tunisia after the revolution they sprung up over the country many operating without license from the state the government has acknowledged the problem but has its hands full trying to keep the economy together. is on the backburner this absence of control that especially worries tunisians on top of the concerns about extremist salafist groups gaining ground. these groups don't believe in democracy republic and freedom they consider them to be against their religion they want to impose their way of life by force as if they know better than other people. after the arab spring revolt tunisians were eager to embrace what they hoped would be a new way of life but with radical islam permeating more and more spheres of everyday life these children's future i mean not be exactly what many parents had hoped for in their quest for freedom and democracy in tunisia. are. about with the news team with more for in just over half an hour from now on the impending round of talks on iran's nuclear program tha
even the ministry of education is able to say exactly how many religious schools there are in tunisia after the revolution they sprung up over the country many operating without license from the state the government has acknowledged the problem but has its hands full trying to keep the economy together. is on the backburner this absence of control that especially worries tunisians on top of the concerns about extremist salafist groups gaining ground. these groups don't believe in democracy...
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tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the school in one of the poorest districts of the tunisian capital children come to learn about the qur'an and the way of life of true muslims religious education was banned under the old regime but it's making a comeback in a big way the rise of islamist them has led to an increase in the number of religious schools are springing up across the country these schools are private operating outside of the control of state officials who have no say over what's being taught in these schools and some worry that this may lead to a rise in the number of young extremists even many religious experts agree filling young minds with religious doctrines may not be the best way to bring up children. what do i read in one of the papers sent by a three year old girl to her mother with a message my beloved mom teach me about the afterlife the same way you teach about the west is this a way to teach three year old children we can see it clearly attempts to brai
tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the school in one of the poorest districts of the tunisian capital children come to learn about the qur'an and the way of life of true muslims religious education was banned under the old regime but it's making a comeback in a big way the rise of islamist them has led to an increase in the number of religious schools are springing up across the...
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in teaching religious schools spread across tunisia after more than. decades of being bad under the previous regime investigate whether islam in schools is good for young minds that report after the break. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. continues in r.t. a man who is out of work is himself on fire in front of a job center in the french city of nonce the forty three year old self emote immolated after finding out he was ineligible for unemployment benefit the last time this happened in france was last august when a man died after burning himself in paris well let's get the details from marty's a silly or tell us what exactly happened there in this latest case of self immolation. well we have the basic details what we know is that this forty three year old man is jobless unemployed and he had died after setting h
in teaching religious schools spread across tunisia after more than. decades of being bad under the previous regime investigate whether islam in schools is good for young minds that report after the break. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. continues in...
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in teaching religious schools spread across tunisia after more than two decades of being banned under the previous regime investigate whether islam in schools is good for young minds that report and after the break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. continues minority a man who was out of work is himself on fire in front of a job center in the french city of nonce the forty three year old self immolated after finding out he was ineligible for unemployment benefits the last time this happened in france was last august when a man died after burning himself in paris well let's get the details from marty's tesser a silly or tell us what exactly happened there in this latest case of self immolation. well we have the basic details what we know is that this forty three year old man is jobless unemployed and he had died after setting himself on fire in front
in teaching religious schools spread across tunisia after more than two decades of being banned under the previous regime investigate whether islam in schools is good for young minds that report and after the break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. continues...
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spring which is previously been held by his administration a great success especially libya egypt and tunisia those countries of course now still drowning in chaos and violence two years on well. ahmed has changed his tune a bit now saying well it's going to be messy those transitions also his tone on syria a bit distant considering a year ago the u.s. was insisting president off to moscow a lot of speculation about intervention was going on now the president saying they will continue to put pressure on the syrian leader another pledge from obama to continue to push for legal and durable policy on counterterrorism no mention here of guantanamo drones or wiretapping and obama mentioned internet freedoms well sort of he flaunted signing an executive order on cyber defense but the order is really seen as a response to congress's refusal to pass the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act or says last year in light of serious privacy concerns in other words a loophole is now available for cispa to effectively be put into action president obama says the main goal is to ensure doesn't return
spring which is previously been held by his administration a great success especially libya egypt and tunisia those countries of course now still drowning in chaos and violence two years on well. ahmed has changed his tune a bit now saying well it's going to be messy those transitions also his tone on syria a bit distant considering a year ago the u.s. was insisting president off to moscow a lot of speculation about intervention was going on now the president saying they will continue to put...